Paloma wins 2014 ‘Overland’ poetry prize
Melody Paloma has won the 2014 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, worth $6000, for her poem ‘Hyper-reactive’. The first runner-up was Chris Armstrong for ‘Exile’ and the second runner-up...
The poet’s market: Print sales of poetry titles
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons.Georgia Richter, publisher at Fremantle Press,...
Harsent wins 2014 T S Eliot Prize
In the UK, David Harsent has won the 2014 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry for his collection Fire Songs (Faber) after being shortlisted for the prize five times, reports...
Joint winners announced for 2014 Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize for poetry
Tracy Ryan and Jill Jones are the joint winners of the 2014 Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize for poetry. Ryan and Jones were chosen from a shortlist of 10 and will...
Melbourne Poets Union competition winner announced
Carmel MacDonald-Grahame has won the 2014 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition for her poem ‘Wreck’. MacDonald-Grahame was presented with a cash prize of $1500 at Collected Works bookstore in Melbourne on...
Hamilton and Lawrence joint winners of 2014 Newcastle Poetry Prize
Debi Hamilton and Anthony Lawrence are the joint winners of the 2014 Newcastle Poetry Prize for their poems ‘Red Riding Hood Grows Old’ and ‘Itinerary’, respectively. The winners were announced at a...
Shortlist for 2014 Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize for poetry announced
The shortlist for the 2014 Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize for poetry has been announced. The shortlisted poets are: Bonny Cassidy Dan Disney Alison Flett Molly Guy Jill Jones Carmen Leigh...
Blake Poetry Prize 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2014 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced.The shortlisted poems are: ‘Penumbra’ (Brady Collard) ‘Soulchat’ (MTC Cronin) ‘either, Orpheus’ (Dan Disney) ‘Threnodials’ (Dave Drayton) ‘The Bridge’ (Ross...
Tranter launches poetry research journal
Poet John Tranter has launched an online poetry research journal. The Journal of Poetics Research (JPR) will publish research articles, book reviews, interviews and some creative writing, and will be ‘generally peer-reviewed’. According to the journal, ‘Poems...
‘WRIT Poetry Review’ launches first issue
A new online West Australian poetry journal has been launched. The WRIT Poetry Review seeks ‘first and foremost to connect the poetry community in the West’. Editors Alexis Lateef and Christine Della Vedova...
Forward Prize for Poetry winners announced
In the UK, the winners of the 2014 Forward Prize for Poetry have been announced. The Forward Prize for Best Collection was awarded to The Cartographer Tries to Map a...
‘Australian Poetry Journal’ adopts ‘magazine’ format
The Australian Poetry Journal has relaunched with a new editor, new ‘magazine’ format and a dedicated website.Michael Sharkey has been appointed editor and Stuart Geddes is responsible for the layout of the new...
Canberra Uni poetry prize awarded to David Adès
The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, worth $15,000, has been awarded to David Adès for his poem ‘Dazzled’, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Adès, an Adelaide poet and author of Mapping...
Saunders wins Indigenous poetry prize
Brenda Saunders has won the 2014 Scanlon Award for Indigenous Poetry.Brenda Saunders is a Sydney poet and artist of Aboriginal and British descent. She is the author of several collections...
Five Islands Press launches poetry prize
Five Islands Press has launched the Ron Pretty Poetry Prize. Named after the Australian poet who founded Five Islands Press in 1986, the prize awards $5000 to a single poem...
Forward Prizes 2014 shortlists announced
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2014 Forward Prizes for poetry have been announced. The books shortlisted for the £10,000 (A$18,115) prize for Best Collection are: Faithful and Virtuous...
Hart wins ‘Overland’/Melbourne Uni Indigenous writers’ prize
Jessica Hart has won the inaugural Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, administered by Overland and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne.Hart was selected...
Holland-Batt appointed poetry editor at ‘Island’
Sarah Holland-Batt has been appointed poetry editor at Island. Holland-Batt is a lecturer in creative writing and literary studies at Queensland University of Technology and the author of the award-winning...
C K Stead wins 2014 Sarah Broom Poetry Prize
New Zealand writer C K Stead has won the inaugural Sarah Broom Poetry Prize. Stead was announced as the winner of the prize, which is worth NZ$12,000 (A$11,098), at the...
Wilkinson wins 2014 Peter Porter poetry prize
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the winner of the 10th Peter Porter poetry prize. Jessica L Wilkinson won the prize for ‘Arrival Platform Humlet’. Wilkinson’s poem was selected...